Tanuki Republic is opening the first page of the Anime Atlas! We’re signing on writers around the globe, in order to find out, what the standing of anime and manga is their respective countries. How did it all begin? What had an impact, what didn’t? And how are things today? Maria Riu Piñol from Barcelona is kicking off our new series with her report on the independence seeking Spanish province of Catalonia – Non-Catalan speakers, do fear not: in English!